Chapter 643: The Battle of Wancheng (1)
"No!"
The regimental commanders sang their promises one after another, and then quietly approached their goals.
Halfway through, I came across a patrol that suddenly appeared.
The two armies looked at each other and were momentarily stunned.
Then Chu Yueguo's patrol team reacted back and ran away.
The soldiers of the Great Zhou immediately chased after him, and shot half of the wounds with their bows and crossbows.
Then the regimental commander had no choice but to shoot arrows into the sky.
A cloud-piercing arrow, thousands of troops come to meet each other.
As soon as the arrows rang out from this side, the other regiments knew that they were exposed.
They all shouted: "Hurry, rush, hurry over!" β
Outside the city.
Liu Bowen, who had been waiting for a long time, still had more than 10,000 troops, and heard the sound of arrows at this time.
Not all of them are in high spirits.
"Strategist!"
Everyone clenched their fists.
Liu Bowen said: "Attack, attack the northern city, kill it, and cooperate with the commander!" β
"No!"
That's what I'm waiting for.
On each regiment, draw a sword and point at Danshui.
"Brothers, kill with me!"
"Kill ......"
In the originally pitch-black wilderness, the shouts of killing shook the sky.
Countless torches were lit up.
One branch is divided into three, and three branches are divided into six branches, and the number gradually increases.
Armed to the teeth, the Suzaku Group Army fiercely rushed to the northern city of Danshui.
The defenders of Chu Yue Kingdom in the north of the city were awakened one after another.
Grab a weapon and want to fight back.
But the next moment, a rain of arrows flew.
The people of Chu Yue, who had not yet raised their shields, were wounded by arrows one after another.
Frightened, I quickly dodged.
At this time, there were also shouts of killing in the city.
Bigger than outside the city.
"It's over, Nancheng is lost?"
Climb the half-collapsed north city gatehouse, and look into the city, countless fire dragons are pouring into the city from the south of the city.
Then they go everywhere.
The defender of the northern city knew that Danshui was finished.
He sat on the ground, looking dazed.
I didn't have the heart to organize my subordinates to fight against the Zhou army outside the northern city.
The Chu Yue army in the city resisted fiercely at first, but with the loss of the yamen, the main general was killed.
The soldiers of Chu Yue Kingdom, who were scattered all over the city, finally couldn't bear it anymore and scattered.
Before dawn.
All battles in Danshui are over.
Most of the 40,000 Chu Yue veterans were wiped out, and more than 10,000 surrendered.
"Report! Dashuai, news came from the Northern Army that Huang Zhong captured the champion, but was stubbornly resisted by the enemy in Anzhong, and could not move south, so he withdrew to the champion. β
"Report! The marshal, by the army to send news, Lu Bu Zhang Liao captured Wancheng, captured 20,000 enemy soldiers, and captured alive Chu Yue Nanyang Taishou Cai Wei. β
Di Qing snatched the battle report and was extremely excited.
Liu Bowen said: "I didn't expect Lu Bu and Zhang Liao to attack so quickly, and achieve such great results, and complete the strategic goal ahead of us." β
"It's a pity that Huang Zhongbu failed to take Anzhong, anyway, 30,000 Chu Yue old soldiers were defeated and returned, I think this group of people will immediately go to Wancheng and recapture the capital city." Di Qing thought for a while and said: "It seems that we have also divided our troops, and we must send at least 10,000 people to Wancheng, otherwise we will not be able to defend the city with Zhang He's halberd soldiers." β
Liu Bowen said: "Dashuai, I think it is better to send 15,000 men and horses over, not only Wancheng must be defended, but also Huang Zhong's champion An Zhong's front line, which must be reopened." β
That's right, and Huang Zhong's attack on Xinye.
With a simple cavalry, it is difficult to advance with the warp.
After all, Chu Yueguo hid 150,000 old soldiers in Nanyang County.
Now 40,000 have been wiped out, and 30,000 have surfaced.
Eighty thousand more have not yet appeared.
"Okay, just do as you say, you will be in charge of the north, and the southern line will be handed over to me!" Di Qing immediately ordered: "Order, the first, second, and third regiments to immediately go south to reinforce the twelfth regiment." β
In fact, there were two cavalry regiments behind the 12th Regiment, one of which occupied Shunyang Nanxiang.
There is also a heading towards Wudang County.
Wudang County estimates that there are still 20,000 veterans of Chu Yue.
Two thousand against twenty thousand, the pressure is extremely high.
The order was given, and the ministries acted.
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Wancheng!
After capturing the capital of Nanyang County, LΓΌ Bu immediately sent people to escort 20,000 troops from Chu Yue to Liguo, striving to send them to Wuguan as soon as possible.
It is really good to use 20,000 strong laborers to go to the newly established border counties for development.
There are also six cities around Wancheng.
With the cooperation of Taishou Cai Wei, Lu Bu played a more daring strategy of dividing troops, taking the pass and the token handbook, and went to the counties to raid the strategy.
"General, Wancheng has just sent back news that Zhang He's army has taken over the defense of Wancheng." Come and report the information.
Lu Bu glanced at Zhang Liao and said, "It seems that we should go on the road to Runan." β
Before Zhang Liao could speak, he reported and said: "General, there is bad news, General Huang of the right cavalry guard, in Anzhong, he made a blockade of 30,000 veterans of the Chu Yue Kingdom, captured Anzhong, and now retreated to the championship.
The 30,000 troops of Chu Yue Kingdom, who were about to go to the champion, hurried and came towards Wancheng! β
Huang Zhong didn't even take Anzhong, let alone Xinye.
failed to cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Wancheng.
undoubtedly increased the difficulty of Zhang He's defense of the city.
"Fengxian, let's not enter Runan for the time being, lurk in Wancheng, and see how Chu Yue Kingdom recaptured Wancheng." Zhang Liao suggested.
Lu Budao: "Yes, since there are still variables in the Nanyang war, we are helping the Suzaku Group Army."
But Wen Yuan, you must enter the city, and when you enter the city, you must disguise yourself as all the horses and horses on my left side.
Let the generals of Chu Yue Kingdom think that our cavalry is all in the city, and they will not be vigilant in the field! β
Less becomes more.
That's a challenge.
However, Zhang Liao did not refuse and agreed.
In order to achieve the effect that Lu Bu wanted, Zhang Liao adopted the simplest and most old-fashioned method.
That is, when it is dark in the city, light more torches.
It makes people mistakenly think that there are 5,000 cavalry.
Lu Bu is warlike by nature, and he is also very arrogant.
With 4,000 cavalry, the cat was in a wooded area south of the Huai River.
Soon the old soldiers of Sanchu Yue arrived in Wancheng, and also brought 10,000 Nanyang soldiers and 3,000 local private soldiers.
They would never have thought that there would be a Great Zhou Iron Horse hidden on the south bank of the river.
The generals of Chu Yueguo, who commanded 30,000 old soldiers, sent people to the mountains to the west, north, and east of Wancheng to reconnoitre, and found that there were no Great Zhou cavalry, so he was relieved.
After simply building the siege equipment, the army immediately launched a campaign to recapture Wancheng.
Wancheng is very large, and as mentioned earlier, this city is difficult to defend.
It's easy to attack, but it's hard to defend.
Therefore, Zhang He used 5,000 soldiers to defend it with extraordinary difficulty.
As soon as the siege began, the two sides reached a white-hot state.
The attack is fierce, and the defense is also fierce.
The personnel of both sides have lost their combat effectiveness.
Seeing that the war was almost over.
Only then did Lu Bu cross the Huai River with 4,000 cavalry, and appeared behind the 43,000 soldiers of the Chu Yue Kingdom.
"Attack, step on the enemy camp!"
Lu Bu took the lead and attacked the camp of the Chu Yue army first, killed it and set it on fire.
Set the entire camp on fire and charge down thousands of enemy soldiers.
Then he suddenly withdrew from the fire camp.
The army of Chu Yueguo, who was attacking the city, found that the camp was on fire and hurried back to put it out.
At this time, Lu Bu turned around and attacked from the north to the south.
Zhang Liao of Wancheng also drew his sword and said: "All the soldiers, kill with me!" β
A thousand cavalry also rushed out of the southern city gate and killed the army of Chu Yue.